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Definitions

crocodile tears

NOUN
fake and insincere tears
Synonyms
WEAK
Academy Award performance affected tears fake tears false show of emotion false tears insincere tears

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For her self-pitying act, Ellis drew widespread disdain for her "crocodile tears" and "barefaced lies that could give a coyote gastric distress."

From Salon • Oct. 26, 2023

"We won't wait for the accident which is about to happen to see everyone shed crocodile tears ... safety should be on the front line," wrote the rail workers' union.

From Reuters • Mar. 6, 2023

Some of us suspected this was a gush of crocodile tears.

From Washington Post • Sep. 23, 2021

I might have done things differently if I had, but these crocodile tears are something else.

From Slate • Jul. 13, 2021

All this could not but be present to his memory; but, scorning to reproach him, Franklin wiped away his crocodile tears, and preserved a magnanimous silence.

From The Parent's Assistant Stories for Children by Edgeworth, Maria